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SMDEP: The Basics

The Basics matrix provides information on program start dates, whether or not it is a combined program - medical and dental, a description of clinical experiences, and if the program provides academic credit. Clinical experiences represent 5% of the program time at all sites.

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SMDEP Sites

2008 Start/End Dates

Medical/Dental

When to Attend

Clinical Experiences

Academic Credit

Case Western Reserve University Schools Of Medicine & Dental Medicine Cleveland, OH

Details

June 7 - July 18

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Students will receive limited clinical exposure.

No

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and College of Dental Medicine
New York, NY

Details

June 13 - July 26

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

At least three varied clinical experiences for each student; experiences available in both medicine and dentistry

No

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA School of Dentistry
Los Angeles, CA

Details

June 22 - Aug 2

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college; priority is given to students attending community college

Participation in a community-based health fair; weekly PBL workshops on clinical cases, all students receive practical dental laboratory experience

No

Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Details

June 7 - July 19

Medical

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Weekly evening rotation in hospital medical, surgical intensive care units, or emergency unit

No

Howard University Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Dentistry and Medicine
Washington, DC

Details

June 1 - July 11

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Four clinical experiences for each participant; experiences will take place at the Howard University Hospital, Howard University College of Dental clinics, and affiliated community health facilities. There will be a group clinical correlation presentations and problem-based learning sessions.

No

The University of Texas Dental Branch and Medical School at Houston
Houston, TX

Details

May 26 - July 3

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Three clinical experiences, including two to three small-group rotations at hospitals in sites such as emergency room, internal medicine, family practice, pediatric dentistry and medicine, oral-maxillofacial surgery (shadowing), dental and medical clinics; dental and medical lectures by clinical experts.

No

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical and New Jersey Dental Schools
Newark, NJ

Details

 

June 2 - July 11

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

A minimum of two small-group shadowing opportunities for each scholar; medical/dental faculty provide mentoring.

Pre-medical: Clinical specialities will include one of the following areas: internal medicine, physical medicine & rehabilitation, general surgery, OB/GYN, pediatrics, emergency medicine, radiology, preventive medicine, and ambulatory care health clinic.

Dental: Rotation through the various clinics and hands-on clinical techniques.

No

University of Louisville Schools of Medicine and Dentistry
Louisville, KY

Details

 

June 1 - July 11

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Two clinical experiences for each student; clinical options include shadowing/observing health professionals at nearby hospitals and clinics, completing patient scenarios at Standardized Patient Center and Simulation Labs and participating in clinically-related case problem solving.

Yes

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Details

 

June 2 - July 11

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Pre-medicine: Clinical experiences will include, a minimum of three shadowing opportunities in areas such as: general internal medicine, family medicine, internal medicine specialties, emergency medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and UNMC studen-run community health clinics. Pre-medicine scholars will also have a weekly anatomy class plus small group activities on history taking, taking blood pressures, etc.

Pre-dentistry: Scholars will participate in a variety of "hands-on" preclinical dental experiences such as taking impressions and making dental models; "playing dentist" using manikins; participating in an anatomy laboratory demonstration; and working in a dental radiology project. Scholars will also shadow in a dental clinic; spend time in the emergency room; and participate in a hospital operating room experience, i.e. providing dental care under general anesthesia in a hospital operating room.

Both Medical and Dental scholars wil have the opportunities to serve as Spanish-language translators at the UNMC student-run community health clinics.

No

University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA

Details

 

May 31 - July 12

Medical

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Small-group experiences with eminent physicians in settings such as autopsy, radiology department, cardiology clinic, senior centers (one-on-one interview with patients), primary-care clinic, and general internal medicine clinic; clinical medicine lecture series on cutting edge topics in health including stem cell research, telemedicine, bioethics, nanotechnology, bioterrorism, morphogenesis, regenerative medicine, and global health.

No

University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Dentistry
Seattle, WA

Details

 

June 22 - Aug 2

 

Medical/Dental

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Physician mentoring; exposure to various clinical venues, such as emergency room, operating room, and migrant camps; lectures on health care issues related to underserved communities.

No

Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Details

 

June 22 - Aug 1

 

Medical

Following freshman or sophomore year of college

Small-group clinical experiences with physicians in the emergency department, autopsy suite, or clinics of the internal medicine, ob/gyn, cardiology, and oncology departments.

No

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

SMDEP is a national program funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
with direction and technical assistance provided by
The Association of American Medical Colleges and The American Dental Education Association.